| Mucrosquama | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Chitonidae |
| Subfamily: | Chitoninae |
| Genus: | Mucrosquama Iredale & Hull, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Mucrosquama carnosus (Angas, 1867) | |
Mucrosquama is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Chitonidae, first described in 1926 by Tom Iredale and Arthur Francis Basset Hull. The type species is Mucrosquama carnosus first described as Chiton carnosus by Angas in 1867.
There are two species in this genus:
- Mucrosquama carnosa (Angas, 1867)
- Mucrosquama verconis (Torr & Ashby, 1898)
Two further species have been named but are synonymised with those above.
- Mucrosquama nielseni Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Mucrosquama carnosa (Angas, 1867)
- Mucrosquama sheardi Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Mucrosquama verconis (Torr & Ashby, 1898)
References
- ^ "Genus Mucrosquama Iredale & Hull, 1926". Australian Faunal Directory.
- ^ Tom Iredale; A.F. Bassett Hull (1926). "A monograph of the Australian loricates (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). VI". Australian Zoologist. 4: 182. ISSN 0067-2238. Wikidata Q111794233.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mucrosquama Iredale & Hull, 1926". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Mucrosquama | |